I disagree, I think we are far to quick to believe medical professional, their opinions being the only ones that are vaild because of their training.

Do you remember louise Woodward ( the nanny found guilty of shaking to death Matthew Eppen) the expert involved had since said that he wouldn't testify if the case was now. But yet 10 years ago he was so confident and dramatic.

Watching those parents and grandparents say goodbye to their child for the last time was utterly heratbreaking. I find it impossible to believe those people are anything less than loving towards that little boy.

Social workers are not doctors, they are not medical experts. They HAVE to go on what doctors and medical experts tell them

So yes, if doctors in hospital believe a childs fractures have been caused by the parents of course they will call social services. They have a duty to do so. Social services will act immediately to protect the child which might mean getting an EPO and removing the child from the hospital. What would people rather they did? Let the parent take the child and find 5 new fractures when the child is next taken to hospital?

This happened to a family member and yes they did remove her child at only a few weeks old. Fortunately her parents were allowed to care for her and after a year she was returned with no further action.

I haven't watched it yet but I have a medical condition that causes very easy bruising and fragile skin (if I scratch an itch I look like I've been attacked by a cat) and various full and partial dislocations. It's been quite common in years past for children who had this undiagnosed (it's hard to diagnose and after more than 10 years I had a formal diagnosis at 20) to be removed, it's also genetic with a high probability of it being inherited (50/50). I'll wait until I watch before I decide what I think of this particular show but I think there are lots of children who have been removed when they shouldn't have.